In what promises to be a continuing coverage of people who make up the community of elected officials official and local leaders, Gerardo Danache, a veteran of the Mexican diplomatic corps has launched a radio program that will explore local issues, goings-on and personalities.
Danache started hosting an hour-long program divided into two half-hour interviews to be aired live starting today and then rebroadcast Saturday.
The first half hour of Ecos Fronterizos – was broadcast live over 99.9 FM (Tu Estación) today starting at 12:00 to 12:30 p.m. – featured City of Brownsville commission attorney Rene DeCoss.
De Coss is a former district judge who until recently was also a judge on the municipal court. He had plenty to tell about the judicial process and the issues facing city government. It was interesting, informative radio.
The other interview, from 12:30 to 1 p.m., featured yours truly, the publisher of El Rrun-Rrun blog. I had ample opportunity to butcher the beautiful Spanish language and address some issues on local history, politics and culture.
We touched upon the origin of the Rrun-Rrun blog name, tidbits of local corruption and a bit of local history and lore. The La Casa del Nylon scandal came up, of course, as well as the disappointing performance of self-serving city mayor Toy Martinez, the Brownsville Independent School District elections, and the upcoming city elections in May 2019.
We're not sure why Danache included us in the starting lineup, but we gave it the old college try.
You can hear the two interviews on rebroadcast Saturday on Tu Estacion (99.9 FM) at the same time.